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ThiruppAvai 28th verse- Sri Mukkur Azhagiyasingar's divine anubhavams- excerpts

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Madhavakkannan V • January 12, 2003 


SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

28th PAsuram: KaRavaigaL pinsenRu kaanam sErndhuNbOm-
I have agreed to give you what all you asked for; now what else do you 
need?- asks KaNNan. Whatever that we asked for are for others' sake who do 
Puja at Yamuna. They are not that important to us. The elders need to be 
pleased and happy about us (then only they will let us be with you). For 
some SaraNagathars (those who have surrendered to You for mOksham) You take 
a pledge to grant the same; however in this life before they are blessed 
with MokshAnandham, you also bless them with wealth, dress, ornaments etc.. 
They also are not important to us. You need to grant us the Parama 
Purushaartham- the most important one. For those who suffer this samsaaric 
afflictions, need to be blessed with only Sri vaikunta praapthi- which is 
Sarva Anandham to them. Thereby we all will be blessed to get that 
PerAnandham (biggest, unparalleled Bliss).

Okay. That's for you all. why me? I already have Sri Vaikunta praapthi. Why 
Anandham to me- You may ask KaNNA!
It is not true that you have no Anandham. When the long awaited son comes 
back home, the son enjoys the father's wealth; but the father (who has been 
enjoying so long) also gets happier and enjoys more with son's coming and 
enjoying together with him. Like that when mukthAthmA is at Srivaikuntam 
(having come after such a long time), You get pErAnandham and get the 
happiness. Thus, it is Purushaartham (goal) for you also.
What did you do (as means - upAyam) for the same?
We are blessed to have You born in our kulam. What is the reason for the 
same? It is our some puNyam in the past for You to be born in our cowherd 
kulam. Also out of all cowherd groups, You took our place (Ayar paadi) as 
Your place of birth. That is our puNyam. What else then?

That puNyam brought the devotees come to Your place. But to go to 
Srivaikuntam- what puNyam did you do? what action did you do?
We are illiterate Ayar kulam (cowherd folks); we do not know any karma, 
jnAna yOgam and then the subsequent Bhati Yogam. But we are blessed with one 
greatness: we- these illiterate cowherd folks are steadfast that You alone 
are the Supreme and none else. We are all maRandhum puRam thozhaa maandhar- 
Never ever we will pay our obeisance to demi gods. You are the unparalleled, 
unsurpassed Lord. otthAr mikkAr illAtha mAmAyan.

We are blessed to be the ones rearing cattle. We go behind kaRavaigaL 
(cattle). They are referred to acharyas. We do not do on our own anything. 
We do follow only our Acharyas. what they preach and do, we follow in strict 
sense.

nAyam dEvO na marthyOvaa na thiryak sThavarOpi vaa|
jnAnAnandhamayas thvAthmA seshO hi paramAthmana: ||

This- I- Jeevathma- is not like Devas; the humans; the birds; trees. It is 
aNu swaroopam; jnAna swarUpam, has also jnAnam as atttribute; Anandha 
swarUpan. Such jeevaathma, is eternally a servant (dAsan and sEshan) to 
ParamAthmA- Sriman Narayanan. We get to know that and we do what is uttered 
by our Acahrays- and we go to Kaanam (forest)- Parabrahmam forest - (Brahma 
vanam brahma sa vruksha Aseeth) and then eat together- enjoy- being with 
acharyas and the Lord.

Have you now changed your mind about me as I have come to Your kulam?
KaNNA! There is not a single blemish for You at SrivaikuNtam. the same thing 
holds good when You take avtaars as well. There is no kUrai at all for you. 
You are kuRaivoNrum illAtha Govindhan. This Ayarkulam is the most blessed 
One. Firstly you are born here. Secondly, these ardent devotees of yours- 
These great Ayar kulam ladies are born here. Hence there can be no blemish 
to cowherd folks of Ayarpaadi? where can be for You? Hence, they have 
crowned You as Govindha and performed Govindha pattAbhishEkam.

Okay. But there can be a time, when you may have a disliking to me. This 
karma sambandham may not last for ever.
KaNNA! Let us tell you what little we know. This anubhavam that we are 
having is not like Naama sangeerthanam, cleaning the temple corridors, 
drwaing kOlams; offering milk, curd to perumAL, reciting Divya prabandham, 
veda parayanam etc... This is much grander and better anubhavam - being 
REALLY at Your feet, being under the spell of KaNNan as He is- an 
unparallelled anubhavam. amrutha iha bhavathi- like Anandham.

Though we have not pereformed the means for mOksham which is Bhakti yoga, 
You are the means for us. Your feet is the means standing in place of that 
Bhakti Yogam. By surrendering at your feet with Akinchanyam (helplessness) 
and ananyagathithvam (no other refuge other than Your feet) You get pleased 
and You grant us the same pErAnandham at Srivaikuntam also. Though what we 
enjoy now is new anubhavam, our relation is nothing new. You are Swami; we 
are Your property. You are Master (sEshi) and we are servants (sEshan). You 
are the goal; We are those who attain. Thus, these relations are stamped on 
our Jeevathma.

This relation between us can never be destroyed. (unnOdu uRavEl namakku ingu 
ozhikka ozhiyaadhu). You can not destroy; I can not destory; not both 
together can destroy. Other devathas also can not destroy. Why? because for 
them also, the same relation holds good between them and you. Look at the 
jeevathama in Brahma (chathur mukha brahmA)- there is that stamp that it 
belongs to You as Your property and sEshathvam to You. Look at that of 
Devendran's. there is the same stamp. Sivan's- the same.

Looking at that stamp, Paramasivan says:
dAsabhUthA: svathas sarvE hyAthmana: paramAthmana: | athO hamapi thE dAsa: 
ithi mathvA namAmyaham||
All Jeevathmas are dAsa bhUthas (servants) to Paramathma. Being one of such 
Jeevathmas, I am also dAsan (servant) to paramAthmA. Thus, every Jeevathma 
has a stamp of this dAsathvam to ParamAthmA as inherent one. This can not be 
erased at all.
Paramasivan praises the Lord (being also a dAsan of this ParamAthmA): hEy 
NarasimhA! I pay obesiance to You."

Jeevathmas never get destroyed (as declared in vedas and Gita). Thus, the 
stamp also does not get destroyed. they never go away. The body (which 
houses the jeevathma) due to some karma, wrong knowledge and vibharIta 
jnAnam may talk all sorts of nonsense and say, "There is no god." I am 
swathanthran. (independent) etc.. But the stamp remains on his jeevathma 
always - that he is eternally the propetry of Paramathma and is the dAsan of 
Paramathma. Muslims, Christians, whites, blacks, any religion, any country, 
in any planet, - whomsoever- be they aetheists, non religious- there is a 
stamp on everyone. There is a stamp (as said by Paramasivan) that they are 
dAsars of Paramathma- and property of Paramathma. Thus, when they, realizing 
this stamp, get to know that they are His dAsars and surrender to the 
ParamAthmA, He grants them paripoorna Anandham and BrahmAnubhavam at 
Srivaikuntam.

Thus, the relation between You and us (Jeevathmas) can never be destroyed. 
Will it be destroyed in Srivaikuntam? No. There also, the jeevathmas never 
become Brahmam themselves. They are dAsars at Srivaikuntam as well; there is 
sAlOkyam (same lOkam- Srivaikuntam), saarUpyam (same rUpam -form), 
saameepyam- nearer to Him- and saayujyam- enjoying the same Bliss as the 
ParamAthmA (except the creation, and mOksham granting acts)- This is similar 
to the farmer taking efforts to plant the seeds and get the yields finally, 
while both father (doer) and the son (who did not do efforts) enjoy the same 
rice equally.

GovindhA! KaNNA! Please do not mistake us and anger on us when we call you 
with smaller belittling names. Your greatest sowlabhyathvam is exhibited in 
your KaNNan; Govindhan names. We need to call only with such names which 
will make you very happy. Instead, we made a mistake sometime, remembering 
your Parathvam and Supremacy and addressed You as Narayana, umbarkOn, 
Paranchudar etc.. Please forgive us.

We know by calling You Narayanan, which means: Naaraanaam ayanam - means: He 
houses even the aethiests; the non religious ones; non vaidIkas; avaidikas; 
those who are at hell et al. Thus, there will be dhOsham, when we call You 
as Naaraayanaa! Please forgive us.

We are not going to tell what You do not know. Oh Lord. you are our uyir 
(soul). We are Your body (sarIram) Can there be happiness if the soul and 
body separate? Will there not be death and body drops itself. The life goes 
away. - You may ask. But. KrishNA! You only siad, "This jeevathma never 
dies. So your body- the jeevathmas- never die. Thus, Being with You (as 
SarIri), for us (Jeevathmas) is the only Anandham and we are inseparable.

Does it mean all jeevathmas get this Anandham?- You may ask.
We said, only if we (jeevathmas) realize and surrender to Your lotus feet, - 
we realize the truth that we (you and I) are always together inseparable; 
and then attain the ParipoorNa Anandham. this Bliss does not get destroyed 
at any time in future (after the jnAnam that we are your dAsars and our 
performance of Saranagathi). Lord! You need to grant us the mukthAnandham. 
Oh Lord with the most beautiful divine divya mangal vigraham! KaNNA! 
Devathideva! GovindhA!
Thus they prayed to Him.
Anything good, the credit goes to Srimath Mukkur Azhagiya Singar's divine 
commentary. All errors, faults are mine.
Sri Andal ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan

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